Now John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist, he has risen from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him."

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."

Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become well known. Some said, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why these powers are at work in him."

but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

Watch thereforefor you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning

And as they were at table eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."

But again he denied it. And after a little while again those standing near said to Peter, "Surely you are one of them; for you are a Gallilean."

His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

Then Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there were a great number of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner."

But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"

Then he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"

Then he also said to the one who invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

for I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'

saying, "Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

In addition, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning,

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him."

The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"

Pilate said to him, "You are a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say what I ama king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."

Then Peter said to her, "How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

and he took food and was strengthened. Now for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus.

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;

There occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

And Paul said, "Whether in a short or a long time, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I amexcept for these chains."

When Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a breaker of the law.

While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any one who bears the name of brother if he is an immoral person, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindlernot even to eat with such a one.

I wish that all men were as I myself am. But each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play."

If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; but prophecy is for believers, not for unbelievers.

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all;

What is the outcome then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, or a teaching, or a revelation, or a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn; and one must interpret.

You show that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of carnal hearts.

Therefore we are always of good courage; and we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war as the flesh does.

For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we preached to you, let him be accursed!

Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Therefore let no one judge you in questions of food or drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

For it is declared of him, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

Those who formerly became priests took their office without an oath, but he became a priest with an oath through the One who said to him, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'"

For where a will is, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it.

Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.

What causes quarrels and fights among you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members?

Yet you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a troublesome meddler;

I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and I know the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the center, around the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind.

and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, that is, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the seashore.